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THURSDAY NIGHT MUSIC QUIZ is here.
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Andy | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:50 |
Sheila, most of the ones you got were worth more than one point. :) |
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☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:49 |
Cool quiz :) Very tough questions though Andy lol Make it easier for me next time ;) |
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Andy | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:48 |
CB, Will a bottle of lavender shower gel do as 3rd place prize? lol Rick, I'm sure you weren't the only one getting a bit of assistance ;) |
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**Sheesh | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:47 |
well done everybody - that was quite hard Andy, are you sure i got that many points? |
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Chris Ho :) | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:47 |
Well Done Everybody, (and Daughter!) :)) rest up now Andy! :)) |
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Rick | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:46 |
Ooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii scatty one !! I credited you when I posted them |
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Rick | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:45 |
Andy - just making sure you've not counted Jan's answers as mine even though I posted them - Adam & the Ants and Toto lol. |
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Unknown | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:45 |
Well done Rick & Chris! Ta very much, Andy. CB >|< X P S Where's me prize? |
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Jan From Bristol | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:45 |
makes rick confess!! |
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Andy | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:42 |
The results are: 1st: RICK - 25 points 2nd: CHRISTINE H. - 21 points 3rd: CB - 18 points 4th: SHEILA - 17 points My brain has melted with trying to keep up with the marking lol |
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Chris Ho :) | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:37 |
Ooerr!, I thought he'd finished! :)) |
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Chris Ho :) | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:36 |
Thankyou Andy, Good Quiz :)) Well done all Folks, and night night to you all! :)) |
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Andy | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:34 |
BAND RIDDLES (1 point each, as they're a bit easy ;-)) 41 Destructive Halloween activity - Smashing Pumpkins 42 This cat can't hear you - Def Leppard 43 A burning kiss - The Flaming Lips 44 Dorothy's companion - Toto 45 Wild West Addicts - Cowboy Junkies 46 Modified pictures - Altered Images 47 Dettori set for film career - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 48 Calculating the number of birds - Counting Crows 49 That's not Eve with those insects - Adam & The Ants 50 Concrete flowers - Stone Roses |
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Andy | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:32 |
LYRICS SONG & ARTIST + SING THE NEXT LINE (1 point for song and artist, 2 bonus points for singing the next line) 1 Counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike *** They've all gone to look for America, - America/Simon & Garfunkel 2 It's something unpredictable but in the end is right *** I hope you have the time of your life - Time Of Your Life/Green Day 3 We walked in to the station in the rain *** and we kissed him as we put him on the train - Sally Maclennane/The Pogues 4 Everybody knows that no means yes *** Just like glasses come free on the NHS - Becoming More Like Alfie - The Divine Comedy 5 She wears a low cut t-shirt, runs a little B&B *** She's most accommodating when she's in her lingerie - Stereotypes/Blur 6 If you are confused, check with the sun *** Carry a compass to help you along - Stand/REM 7 Save your breath for someone else and credit me with something more *** When it comes to men like you, I know the score, I've heard it all before - Ladykillers/Lush 8 His mother bought him a synthesizer *** Got the Human League in to advise her - My Perfect Cousin/The Undertones 9 Love is a notion that I can't forget *** My sweet sixteen I will never regret - Take Me to The River/Al Green 10 The best things in life are free *** So keep 'em to the birds and bees - Money/The Beatles. 11 Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling blue *** the things you've said, well maybe they're true - I Can't Explain/The Who 12 You can free the world, you can free my mind *** just as long as my baby's safe from harm tonight - Safe From Harm/Massive Attack 13 Don't you know how sweet and beautiful life can be *** I'm asking you baby to get it on with me - Let's Get It On/Marvin Gaye 14 She's a good girl, is crazy 'bout Elvis *** Loves horses and her boyfriend too - Free Fallin'/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 15 'Cause when the loving starts, and the lights go down *** and there's not another living soul around - Say You Love Me/Fleetwood Mac LYRICS SONG & ARTIST (2 points each) 16 Still you bought a toy that can reach the places he never goes *** PULP - DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME 17 She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean *** AC/DC - YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG 18 I said to my reflection 'let's get out of this place'. *** SQUEEZE - TEMPTED 19 So, I'm on BBC2 now, telling Terry Wogan how I made it *** FRANZ FERDINAND - THE DARK OF THE MATINEE 20 You hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos, elephants, attacking tigers *** SPARKS - THIS TOWN AINT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US 21 I look like Robert De Niro, I drive a Mitsubishi Zero *** BILLY BRAGG - SEXUALITY 22 She's filing her nails as they're dragging the lake *** ELVIS COSTELLO - WATCHING THE DETECTIVES 23 I was beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise *** SPIZZENERGI - WHERES CAPTAIN KIRK 24 People think I'm insane because I'm frowning all the time *** BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID 25 Open your eyes, open your imagination *** THE THE - THE BEAT(EN) GENERATION 26 Shine your shoes with the microphone blues *** BECK - WHERE IT'S AT 27 Gazing through the trees in sorrow, hardly a sound till tomorrow *** PINK FLOYD - SEE EMILY PLAY 28 The devil will find work for idle hands to do *** THE SMITHS - WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? 29 Don't let the sun be the one to change you baby *** THE MAGIC NUMBERS - FOREVER LOST 30 I could tell she liked me from the way she stared *** FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - STACEY'S MOM MUSIC TRIVIA (1 point each unless stated otherwise) 31 Which artist played lead guitar on The Beatles, 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'? *** Eric Clapton 32 Guy Garvey is the lead singer of which current Manchester band? *** Elbow 33 Angie is taken originally from which Rolling Stones album? *** Goat's Head Soup 34 Who won this years Mercury Music Prize award? *** Antony and the Johnsons 35 On their debut album, The Clash covered which highly-regarded reggae classic? *** Police And Thieves, Junior Murvin 36 Who is Richard Melville Hall better known as, and which famous ancestor does he descend from? *** Moby, Herman Melville (2 points) 37 Other than Kylie Minogue, name two other guest vocalists who sang on the Murder Ballads album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds *** PJ Harvey & Shane MacGowan (2 points) 38 What was unique about 'All Things Must Pass', George Harrison's first album since The Beatles split up? *** first triple album ever to be released 39 Supergrass and Radiohead both hail from which city? *** Oxford 40 Which band were originally going to be called 'The New Yardbirds' and which drummer convinced them to change the name? ( *** Led Zeppelin, Keith Moon (2 points) BAND RIDDLES (1 point each, as they're a bit easy ;-)) 41 Destructive Halloween activity - Smas |
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Chris Ho :) | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:32 |
16= Stand - REM 'carry a compass to help you along' |
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Andy | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:31 |
OK, time to put you out of your misery. The answers are (if you can read them lol) |
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**Sheesh | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:26 |
17. AC/DC - you shook me all night long |
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Andy | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:26 |
Anna, correct |
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Nana Anna | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:24 |
3. We kissed him as we put him on the train |
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☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy | Report | 3 Nov 2005 22:23 |
no lol - I only got it from your clue :) |